Corruption and Economic Growth

Mo, Pak Hung

doi:10.1006/jcec.2000.1703

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“…Similarly, when adding the structural reform index to the growth regression which includes a corruption index, initial real per capita GDP, initial life expectancy, inflation rate and the ratio of fiscal balance to GDP, the coefficient on corruption index also became insignificant (Abed & Davoodi, 2000 [29]). Other authors such as Mo (2001) [30], and Pellegrini and Gerlagh (2004) [20] also confirmed this finding. This trend could be interpreted that the effect of corruption on economic growth is transmitted through other determinants of growth (Dridi, 2013) [24].…”

Section: Review Of Empirical Studiessupporting

confidence: 73%

“…Mauro (1995) [18] employed cross-section data including 58 countries during the 1960−85 period and found that the negative relationship between corruption and economic growth is statistically and economically significant. The negative relationship between corruption and growth was later confirmed by many empirical studies [Mauro (1997) [18], Tanzi (1998) [14], Mo (2001) [19], Pellegrini & Gerlagh (2004) [20], Pierre-Guillaume & Khalid (2005) [21], [22 & Herzfeld (2005) [22], Hodge et al (2009) [23], and Dridi (2013) [24]]. Besides data issues, these empirical studies question the causality and the robustness of the relationship between economic growth and corruption, as we now explain.…”

Section: Review Of Empirical Studiesmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Mauro (1995) [18] appeared to be the first author who raised the idea about the transmission channels between corruption and economic growth. However, it is not until Mo (2001) [30] that empirical proof was provided concerning the exact channels. This study used data for 45 countries during the 1970−85 period and estimated the impact of corruption on economic growth through different types of channels by OLS regression using corruption as a determinant of economic growth.…”

Section: Transmission Channel Between Corruption and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A later study conducted by Pellegrini & Gerlagh (2004) [20] utilized the same method as Mo (2001) [30] with a dataset that covers a slightly longer period of time (1980−2004 versus 1975−1996) and a different set of instrument variables for corruption. They examined both direct and indirect effects of corruption on economic growth and confirmed a negative impact of corruption on economic growth.…”

Section: Transmission Channel Between Corruption and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Corruption and economic growth, with a focus on Vietnam

Anh¹,

Minh²,

Tran‐Nam

2016

Crime Law Soc Change

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Despite the Government's recognition of the serious threat of uncontrolled corruption to the legitimacy and long-term survival of the current political system, Vietnam is still struggling to translate its policies and comparatively strong legislative framework into practice. There exists little reliable, quantitative evidence of the harmful impact of corruption on economic growth in Vietnam. Using the most updated and available data and a model incorporating transmission channels, this article attempts to estimate the direct and indirect effects of corruption on GDP growth rate. In general, the findings confirm the negative association between corruption and economic growth. Investment appears to be the most important transmission channel and the effect of corruption on investment is non-linear so that indirect effects of corruption on growth (via investments) depends on the value of each country's corruption level. In case of Vietnam, a one unit increase in the corruption perception index (CPI) 1 leads to a 2.15% increase in the proportion of gross domestic investment over GDP, which in turns increases growth rate by 0.372%. Counting both direct and indirect effects, a one-unit increase in the corruption perception index (CPI) will increase the growth rate by 0.509%, indicating that the investment channel accounts for 62.92% of total effects.

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Section: Review Of Empirical Studiessupporting

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Section: Review Of Empirical Studiesmentioning

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Section: Transmission Channel Between Corruption and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Transmission Channel Between Corruption and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Minh²,

Tran‐Nam

2016

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“…On distingue pour cela les effets directs et indirects de la corruption en utilisant une méthode d'analyse basée sur celle de Mo (2001).…”

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Corruption et mobilisation des recettes publiques : une analyse économétrique

Attila¹,

Chambas²,

Combes³

2009

Recherches Économiques De Louvain

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CERDI, Etudes et Documents, E 2007.16 2 Résumé: L'objet de cet article est d'analyser l'effet de la corruption sur la mobilisation des recettes publiques.Une analyse économétrique sur données de panel (125 pays et couvrant la période 1980-2002) permet de ne pas rejeter l'hypothèse d'un effet négatif de la corruption sur les recettes publiques. Cet effet négatif de la corruption n'affecte pas de manière identique les différentes composantes des recettes. En raison probablement des opportunités différentes de rente, la corruption modifie la structure du prélèvement public au profit des recettes tarifaires assises sur le commerce international et au détriment des impôts directs et indirects, dont en particulier la TVA. Il apparaît également qu'un canal de transmission important de la corruption sur le prélèvement public est celui transitant par un affaiblissement du civisme fiscal capté à travers des variables de l'action publique. Abstract:In this paper, we analyze the relationship between corruption and public revenues. An empirical investigation of panel data (125 countries and covering the period 1980-2002) makes it possible not to reject the hypothesis that corruption has a negative effect on public revenues collection. However, the impact is different on the various components of revenue. This is because different rent opportunities are created by corruption which seems to modify public revenues structure in favour of customs tariffs revenues while reducing direct and indirect taxes such as VAT. It also appears that a major channel of corruption is the weakening of the tax morality which in this study is captured by various public service delivery variables.

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Behavior in cheating paradigms is linked to overall approval rates of crowdworkers

Schild

Lilleholt

Zettler

2020

Behavioral Decision Making

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Dishonest and fraudulent behavior poses a serious threat to both individuals and societies. Many studies investigating dishonesty rely on (one of) a few well‐established lab and online cheating paradigms. Quite surprisingly, though, the external validity of these paradigms has only been investigated in a small number of studies, raising the question of whether behavior in these paradigms is related to real‐life dishonesty or, more broadly, socially questionable behavior. Tackling this gap, we link observed behavior in two widely used cheating paradigms to approval rates on two crowdworking platforms (namely, Prolific and Amazon Mechanical Turk) using data from four studies (overall N = 5,183). Results indicate that lower approval rates are associated with higher proportions of dishonest individuals. Importantly, this relation also holds for crowdworkers who exceed commonly used thresholds for study inclusion. The results thus support the external validity of (two widely used) cheating paradigms. Further, the study identifies approval rates as a variable that explains dishonesty on crowdworking platforms.

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Corruption and Economic Growth

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Corruption and economic growth, with a focus on Vietnam

Corruption and economic growth, with a focus on Vietnam

Corruption et mobilisation des recettes publiques : une analyse économétrique

Behavior in cheating paradigms is linked to overall approval rates of crowdworkers

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